Tag: UG Hip Hop Awards


  • The annual Uganda Hip Hop Awards (UGHHA) took place on December 13. The Award ceremony was marked by surprise wins and performances from seemingly more new artistes than older ones. There were lots of first-time performers on the UG Hip Hop stage. In my opinion, this shines a light on new talents.

  • Flex D’Paper has released visual for  “Zeze” remix

    While we are busy munching and sipping to our favourite food and drinks respectively; Flex D’Paper earlier today was releasing the official visual to his Zeze remix. He talks his win inthe UG Hip Hop awards, new rappers and his hands on with business. You should note the original Zeze is by American rappers Kodak…

  • Clearing the Air: 256  Hip Hop Awards and UG Hip Hop Awards are not the same – the motive is

    It is obviously confusing, 256 is a code for Uganda. There are two awards entities and many of you have been asking lots of questions about the two entities. At some point some of you were planning to give up following. Since you sent the inquiries to us and I personally was getting tired of…

  • The second run of the UG Hip Hop Awards happened last Thursday 14 of December at Golf Course Hotel. The competition was stiff and in most categories the results seemed more dramatic, unexpected and quite shocking.ย  Another brick was added on the UG Hip Hop house. Below is a full list of winners and the…

  • The MTN Cypher is back in case you didnโ€™t know. It is a product of the inaugural UG Hip Hop Awards that happened last year โ€“ given MTN was a huge sponsor; a cypher was named or crafted around MTN as a brand. Last year the winner was Emmix (apparently first runner-up but actual winner…

  • December if you asked me, came real quick! As for Tempo Music, November Came Late – does it matter now that we are in the last month of the year? One word: FESTIVE, is in more rotation. The holidays have come and many will take a break off work or even work less as away…

  • I would love to welcome you from last week โ€“ a week that was filled with much activity and excitement. Headlines or equivalents read:ย  Bibala video out! , 2017 UG Hip Hop Awards nominees announced and so much more. Last week the conversation was around millennials and how we need to share knowledge and acquire…

  • 2017 UG Hip Hop Awards –ย Hip hop hurray, wave your hand like you just don’t care! I said the do, Deedee, hip hop diggidi the hip hop! The Uganda Hip Hop Awards aka UG Hip Hop Awards are back for their sophomore year. The 2017 UG Hip Hop Awards nomination list is officially out. Nominations…

  • We live in the time where perceptions are built implicitly to us for as long as we don’t see the things our brains have to see. Misconception, Hip Hop is dead!, Rappers are dead, Dead rappers, UG Hip Hop is stuck. All these twisted and not proven notions that are actually in theory pervade many…